Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-08-26
SOLDIER BOYS AT WORK.


Mount COmplimented by Army Oni.
cers-COIOnel LeavenwOrth's Concert
"A Hundred HOodlums Break From
tho Guard House and Escape-The
Morton House Ball a Grand Affair
Fifteen Thousand People to be Pres
emit To-Day-GovernorssD Day.
CAMP LoUNsBURY, NIANTIc, Aug. 25.
The day has been one of great glory and
hard work for the soldiers in the State camp
at Mantle, and the weather, for a wonder,
was just delightful. Polishing shoes and
housekeeping work" were dispatched with
zest, and when breakfast with steaming hot
coffee and fresh bread put in an appearance
the viands disappeared like the early dew.
There were many visitors in camp to-day.
The routine was followed throughout. The
men marched out to battalion drill this morn
ing feeling blithe and gay and in the best of
spirits. They executed many difficult manoeu-
vers. At this afternoons drill enthusiasm
ran high. A strong, cooling and bracing
wind blew across the parade ground and it
put the men on their metal. Those who wit
| messed it saw drill almost equal to those
given by the regulars The steadiness with
| which the regiment moved in all its wheel
| ings from column to company front and by
1 tours and vice versa delighted the hearts of
the post officers and won unbounded praise.
At $50 O'Clock the battery gave an exhibition
| mechanical drill, which was well done. The
/ girls gave volleys of little screams every
| time the guns were fired in unison.
The brigade dress parade was fine
| ly done tonight in the presence
i of multitude of people. The Second regi-
ment did some wonderfully good work to-
| day both in drill and on parade. There is
| only one Second and Colonel Leavenworth
| may we'll feel proud of his regiment. Lieu
tenants Totten and Hamilton saw the guard
| mount Yesterday and expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the perfection which the
Second has arrived at. They thought it al
most perfect and fully up to the standard of
the regulars. At the battalion dress parade
this afternoon the Second and Fourth made
a splendid appearance. The men wore white
pants and helmets. Only these two regi-
ments participated. The supremacy of the
Seconds work over that of the Fourth was
most plainly apparent. -.
Tomorrow friday Governors day will
be great day for the boys of the brigade.
The next to the last day in camp will be full
of dress parade, enthusiasm and pretty girls.
The men will look their best and their uni
forms will be spotless. Fully 10, 600 people
will be present to witness the festivities OF
Governors day. The review will take place
promptly at 2 p. m. There Is to be 40 spe-
cial ceremony in his excellency's honor
which is upon his own request. After the
review there will be battalion dress parade
by the infantry, drill by the artillery and
brigade dress parade; enough work and at
traction, in all conscience, for one afternoon
The raw recruit who came here with the
idea that all is to be picnic finds himself
left The boys have bad SO little real recrea |
ton since camp opened that last night was
made the most of. The raw recruit fur
nished the material. A new man on the |
machine gun platoon was assigned by mock |
officers to guard tents where no sentries are
ever kept. Another man was made to carry |
water in basket and still another to guard |
the pump. One of these poor fellows was
seized upon health lift and with the aid of
pine board and army blanket he was mixed |
up so thoroughly that he forgot his own
name.
The grand ball at the Morton House to-
night was a grand affair and eclipsed all pre-
yious affairs of the kind. It was given in |
h0nor of the Governor and his staff, the bri |
gade staff and commissioned officers. DR.. j. |
W. Hoertter, of New York, superintended
the affair. The hotel parlors were hand |
somely decorated with flags and bunting. |
Knapsacks, guns and swords were placed on /
the walls. The grand march was led off at |
nine O'Clock by His Excellency the Governor |
and Mrs. Lounsbury. There were many |
beautiful dresses.
Tomorrow (Friday) night the Second Regi-
ment band will render fine concert in front |
of Colonel Leavenworth's quarters. The /
programme is as follows:
March-Col. w ]. Leavenworth... .-....... STREET
Overture-Grant Harold
Selection-Erminie. JacobowSk1
0''>''A'O Mr.. h Hail.
waltz-yisions of Beautiful Woman .Farhbach |
Galop-dere All = AUST L
Adjutant General Camp issued these orders /
this afternoon to Major ]. c. Kinney, COM
handing the First company, Governors Foot |
Guard:
Major-Under the authority given the
COMMUNICATIVE by section 5 of the
Senate bill No. 90, approved May 10, 1887,
you are hereby directed to accompany the |
Governor with your command at the celebra-
ton at Philadelphia on the 18th, 10th and
18th of September next subject to the pro.
visions of the above named section.
Ex-Governor Bigelow came up from New
Haven this afternoon. Accompanied by |
Colonel Fox he paid his respects to Governor
Lounsbury.
Ali the officers who will represent Connec-
ticut at the big centennial celebration at
Philadelphia will receive tomorrow copy
OF the following order issued by Adjutant |
General Camp this afternoon:
The following is the programme for the
centennial celebration at Philadelphia of the |
adoption of the constitution of the United
States by the convention, September 18th,
1887: September 18th, civic parade; Sep
TENDER 18th, a military parade; September
18th, an grafton and poem. Arrangements |
have been made for the transportation of the |
Connecticut delegation appointed at the last |
session of the legislature on the train leaving |
Hartford at 1924 p. m. September 18th, and |
New Haven at 1:3O p. M, arriving at Phila- |
delphia about clock p. m. Hotel accom-
modations have been engaged for the delega- |
ton at the Hotel Lafayette
The sick report for the day is as follows:
Brigade STAFF 10 Second regiment. 8 |
Fourth regiment 49,. 10 Fifth battalion. ..... 2
First regiment. Battery A........
Major Lee of the Second regiment did /
most praiseworthy piece of work to-day, for /
which he was highly commended on all sides. |
The major was field officer of the day. Early L
in the afternoon he ordered the provost guard /
to capture all the unsavory characters that /
constantly hung about the mess tent. On /
the appearance of the guard the hoodlums
and toughs scattered and made grand rush
for the Spiritualist camp grounds. They
were cut off at this point by the river and
fell an easy prey to the guard. Nearly 100 /
were brought back to camp and placed in the
guard house, the whole camp turning out to
witness the unique spectacle. There was no
of the inmates took a jackknife and unscrew
ed the hinges from the door. Fifty of them
broke through the lines and made their es-
cape. When last seen they were on the road |
to New London. The desired end was &C.
complished, as they will not again put in an
appearance at Camp Lounsbury. Burglar
Smith was among the party.
Owing to the irregular size Of cartridge the |
machine guns did not work properly this /